RAYMOND Terrace Magpies are chasing a special milestone in the Newcastle Hunter Rugby League men’s competition in 2024. Fresh from claiming back to back B Grade titles, the all conquering black and whites are on a mission to bring home a third consecutive premiership when they step up to the A

ACCOMPLISHED bodyboard surfers Hayden Pisani and Kai Atkinson thrive on a challenge. Having honed their skills in recent times with the Port Stephens District Bodyboarders (PSBC) at iconic Box Beach, the outstanding duo continue to impress keen judges with their courageous manoeuvres in the surf. Twenty-year-old Pisani of Boat Harbour is one

PORT Stephens Power AFL Club continues to prove a thriving nursery for the highly regarded Sydney Swans Academy. Six Power juniors from Medowie - led by outstanding fifteen-year-old centre half forward prospect Maddi Marsh - are featured in the Swans’ 2024 Junior Academy squads. Mercurial Maddi, a student at Catherine McAuley College,

MAKING an impact on the local netball coaching scene are Nelson Bay’s decorated mother-daughter combination of Amanda and Taylar Wilks. The accomplished duo have formed a successful partnership as mentors with the Nelson Bay Netball Association representative teams - and have the results to prove it. Long serving rep convenor and newly-inducted

BOAT Harbour’s newly crowned Under 18 national junior surfing champion Eden Hasson mastered the waves at the Surfest 2024 Burton Automotive Pro Junior classic at Birubi Beach last weekend. Over 100 of the Australian-Oceania region’s best junior male and female surfers travelled to Port Stephens last week to participate in

A MUCH anticipated Major Singles final was played at Soldiers Point Bowling Club last week, with Daniel Clarke and the newly signed Bill Kachel competing for honours. They had beaten Bill Ahoy and Leigh Penman in the semi finals earlier that day, in an event which attracted some 50 entrants. Playing

NELSON Bay Football Club is shaping up for a bumper 2024 season in the Newcastle Football competitions. Buoyed by its success at both junior and senior level last season, the Bay sporting fraternity are tipping another fruitful campaign for the historic Port Stephens club. Players and officials are hard at work with

A TWELVE month sabbatical has given Medowie’s Reegan Connors a new lease of life in his AFL journey. The durable ruck rover hopes to create history this season when he runs out with his Port Stephens Power team mates in the Hunter Central Coast AFL Black Diamond Plate Men’s competition. Excitement is

OVER 1100 athletes from 31 Little Athletics centres throughout the Hunter and Central Coast region converged on the Hunter Sports Centre at Glendale for the Little Athletics Region Championships, vying for the opportunity to advance to the State Championships in March. Raymond Terrace Athletics Centre had 23 athletes competing over the